Mort Zuckerman Staying Put As Boston Properties CEO

Mort Zuckerman says he’s staying put as chief executive of Boston Properties, one of the nation’s largest commercial landlords.

When Zuckman isn’t closing multi-million acquisitions for trophy office buildings, he publishes the New York Daily News tabloid, is editor-in-chief of the U.S. News & World Report and serves as the occasional political pundit.

Could the real-estate and media mogul be stretching himself too thin? That’s what Green Street Advisors Analyst Michael Knott might have been thinking when he asked Zuckerman on a quarterly results conference call Wednesday how long he was interested in continuing his role as CEO given the demands of his other gigs.

“This is still my prime interest and…occupation. The fact that I do other things…enhances, if I may say, so the opportunities and the role I have at Boston Properties,” responded Zuckerman, who is also the company’s chairman.

Boston Properties “has the first priority” and “sets the agenda for whatever else I may do,” he added.

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